Welcome to the Advent Calendar Story Train, where you can read through 24 stories under the theme 'Surprise'. Today's story is by me! (and boy did I struggle... again... to come up with a story.)
Category: Ari’s Writing
8 Things Not To Do When Drafting A Novel [my guest post]
I was given the opportunity to guest post on another writer's blog. Big thank you to E. A. Whyte for reaching out to me and asking me to guest post and for featuring my article 8 Things Not To Do When Drafting A Novel.
The Write Life June Update
June wasn't the most productive month for writing due to my taking a mini hiatus following a family visit. But the urge to keep writing was bubbling away (always a good sign).
One big issue has been the weather, we British are not designed for the hot weather we've been having and trying to stay focused and write while sweltering (in houses that don't have AC and are built to keep the heat in) is torturous. But let's do some updating anyway!
How I Got My Writing Groove Back
Our lives change in different ways. It's important to roll with the changes and adapt. I've felt for a long time that my writing has been struggling and the things I tried didn't seem to last more than a month. It is easy to fall into old patterns, assuming that if they worked before they will work again. This time, I made changes, small ones over a month at the start of the year to see if I could adapt.
The Write Life May Update
I didn't do an update at the end of April, this is because I tanked doing anything in April. But May has been a lot more productive.
In case you're new here, the last Friday of (almost) every month is a "Write Life" update where I discuss what I've been working on.
The Write Life March Update
In case you are new here, the last Friday of every month is a "Write Life" update where I discuss what I've been working on.
March was not a great month as I ended up catching the flu, and then before I was 100% better, my partner came down with it. So things have been slow going.
The Domain Battle
If you tried to visit my website (outside of it popping up on Reader), you may have received a connection lost message over the last few weeks. This is also why there was no blog post last Friday. I have been doing battle and THIS is my tale!
The Write Life February Update
After my last "Write Life" update in January, I felt more accountable and so I've been plugging away at my writing projects.
The Write Life January Update
So, I decided that at the end of every month, I would do a Writing Update on this blog. The idea was that it would help keep me accountable and also keep me on track. Let's get started with the first update of the year!
A Writerly Update
After reading a blog post by Fantasy Author Suzanne Rogerson, where she did a Quarterly Writing Update, I loved the idea and thought I'd do one myself. As a way of keeping people updated and hold me a little more accountable. Sometimes having things written out really help.
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